Seattle yet again topped a list for its impressive economic muster. This time, the Emerald City and its surrounding metro region tied with two others known for economic boom. PayScale crunched the numbers for major metro areas around the country and we gathered the top 20 here. Click ahead to see them all. less

Seattle yet again topped a list for its impressive economic muster. This time, the Emerald City and its surrounding metro region tied with two others known for economic boom. PayScale crunched the numbers for ... more

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.2 percent (tied with New York)

8. Denver

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.2 percent (tied with New York)

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7. San Jose

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.3 percent

7. San Jose

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.3 percent

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6. Charlotte, North Carolina

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.4 percent

6. Charlotte, North Carolina

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.4 percent

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5. Phoenix, Arizona

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.6 percent

5. Phoenix, Arizona

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 3.6 percent

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4. Portland, Oregon

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4 percent

4. Portland, Oregon

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4 percent

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3. St. Louis

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4.1 percent (tie)

3. St. Louis

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4.1 percent (tie)

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1. Seattle

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4.1 percent (tie)

1. Seattle

Wage growth since third quarter 2016: 4.1 percent (tie)

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Report: Seattle tops nation in wage growth

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The Seattle metro region had the highest wage growth in the nation in the last year, a figure that tied with two other cities, according to a new report from PayScale.

Seattle, San Francisco and St. Louis all saw 4.1 percent year-over-year wage growth from the third quarter of 2016 through the third quarter of 2017, the report found.

For Seattle, the latest figures mark a 20.1 percent increase since 2006, a figure more than 2 percentage points higher than San Francisco.

Much of that wage growth can be attributed to the boom of the tech industry, where starting salaries in Seattle average more than $100,000 for software engineers. Even with the daunting growth in the cost of living in Seattle, tech workers have the most disposable income in Seattle, with $57,779 left over after taxes and bills for software application developers.

On the other end of the scale, people working in the retail industry have seen wages grow, but their incomes are still vastly below enough to have any disposable income. Trove's discretionary income calculator figures that cashiers in Seattle are in the hole more than $11,000 -- in other words, their income doesn't even cover their basic living expenses plus taxes (for an examination of the cost of living in Seattle, you can read more on that here).